The essential elements of second-degree murder differ from those of first degree murder. The criminal act for both crimes is the same: the killing of another person. What separates the two is the perpetrator's mental state at the time of the killing. First degree murder involves a premeditated killing. In other words, the killer made a plan to kill the victim and then carried that plan out. Second degree murder does not require premeditation, however.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS. For the top five soccer players in the world, salaries averaged $14.67 million. Real Madrid's star forward Cristiano Ronaldo earns $17.06 million a year. Lionel Messi, 22, is the youngest among the highest-paid soccer stars with $13.74 million. Olympic medal winner Samuel Eto'o has a contract worth $13.74 million.
In aggregate, first division women's soccer players are making 98.6 percent less than professional soccer's male cohort, according to Fusion. Here are the highest-paid players by average salary for each sport, per Spotrac 1  : MLB: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers, $31 million.arta Vieira of Brazil was the top-earning female soccer player of 2014 in the Americas, according to the Richest, and she earned $400,000âless than the minimum salary of every other league besides the MLS. And Marta is an aberration; most female soccer players earn much less.